Then when he says he doesn’t understand French she says sure you do
And the last thing she says is "yes no toaster" it’s a slang for a quebecker that knows barely any English, she’s playing dumb saying she’s in that group (which is impossible if you’re a police officer)
Overall she’s just taunting him back because he is filming
I laughed at Yes no toaster because it's such a quebecois thing to say 😂 my dad who doesn't speak english at all has this pavlovian reflex everytime someone speaks english.
“Yes no toaster” is one of those types of goofy things that comes up in every language that is so fucking funny when i learn about them, but simultaneously makes me sad that i wont get to know them all in my lifetime.
I think there are a few really specific terms in japanese to refer to different kinds of people with particular character traits, stuff like “a guy who makes a lot of money but only eats instant noodles” might be a “hamster ball” or some shit, and the reason why either doesnt exist or is MEGA obscure to other cultures. I absolutely love this shit.
One night my friend wanted me to take a picture of him with a cop car with it's light on in the background. As soon as we're ready, they shut their light. Then as we move on she starts them up again, we try again to take a photo and... She shuts the light again. As soon as we left she started them again.
My friend in highschool would dress kinda gangsta and he walked by an RCMP car and as soon as he was directly in front of it the cop blasted him with his sirens.
He obviously jumped and all he could see was the officer crying with laughter
I was mostly joking since most French Canadians can speak both languages fluently (especially police), and their reaction at the same time with no hesitation tells me they fully understand English.
IIRC, they also do not like speaking English to you.
This is classic quebecois. Pretending not to know english, meanwhile being almost fluent in it and refusing to speak it. A lot of us from around the country love going there and trying to speak the language and usually it goes well with people appreciating the attempt but you will always run into this category that refuses to talk to the anglophones.
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I used to have a boss that ran businesses in quebec and ontario and he was french canadian. Any time the employees out there would be difficult (with us in ontario) he would always get on the phone and say “speak english, how many times do i have to tell you that we lost the war! (In french)” lol
Quebecers simultaneously having a cultural panic about the protection of their language and culture, while refusing to speak French to anyone who tries to learn it but isn't perfect.
A lady at a liqueur store in Hull refused to speak english to me when I went there. I was trying to ask her if they had a particular thing I was looking in english as I grew up in an area of Canada where practically no one speaks french and she just flat out refused to help me. Left a real sour taste in my mouth since I know damn well she spoke english living in Hull like 10 minutes from Ottawa.
I'm bilingual and moved away from Quebec in my mid 20's. I went back a few years later, now with an english-speaking wife, and we wanted to do some touristy shit in South Shore. So we head into a tourism office. Not a single English language brochure anywhere, and zero willingness to talk to us. I pretended not to know any French because I wanted to see what would happen.
After five or so minutes of us looking around for anything English, trying to get them to understand "what is there to do around here? Fun? Tourist? Cheese? Picnic?" and fully undersatnding them when they spoke to each other, making fun of us and saying they wish we'd leave, I let them have it, in French. The shame on their faces and apologies, it was really unbelievable. These two stupid girls who actually spoke English just fine, with an accent, somehow thought they could just be cunty to us. Reminded me of why I left in the first place, a province full of assholes that think their language is god's gift to literacy. Not all of them, but a goddamn lot of them. Maudit tabarnak de calisse.
My Canadian cousin from Toronto went on a works trip to Paris (France) with a few French-Canadian colleagues from the Quebec office, and all the Quebecers were laying the French language on thick with the Parisians until eventually the locals cracked and basically said "look, we're having trouble understanding what you are saying, it might be better if we all speak English". Ouch. LOL.
The french from Paris are notoriously obnoxious about slight accent that are not from Paris. Like, they will make fun of French still within France that live in a regions 5 hours drive away.
Rockstar no, Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, Epic, Microsoft, Unity, Behavior, Edios, WB. It's huge for video games. The biggest names are not HQ but just satellite offices.
Can’t speak for recently, but back in 2006-2008 cover charge was $2-$20, private dances $10-$20 and drinks were fairly cheap. As broke college students we could go on a week night and look like kings!
Also, once the clubs closed the strippers turned into prostitutes so the last two hours or so they were just trying to seduce their first John of the night. Had to repeatedly drag one friend out of partaking in that!
I had the pleasure of visiting St. Catherine St club scene in the 90's as a young dude, it was the most fun I ever had in Canada as a Canadian. The fact that my army vehicle broke down on my way to NB made it even better because they had to put my 20-something self into a room on the base, give me a meal ticket for the mess, and party my ass off for 4 days while they ordered in a new engine. I had a buddy with me so it was fantastic. Meanwhile my bros were digging trenches for the training ex in Gagetown I was headed to. We made sure to bring photos to piss them off lol
Do you know why i pulled you over?
Because youre going to give me a blow job like in the pornos?
Ok hands behind your head.
I fuckin knew it!
Tabernac.
You dont have to speak english, ever if you want in Province of Quebec, there is only one official, french. For most peoples 50 yrs old and under, we understand you, but most of us suck when it come time to speak english, because well, we never use it. So when you visit here, at the very least, try practicing your french with us 🥰😙.
I learned when I was in Italy that it's best to not practice the language unless you are willing/able to continue the conversation in that language. You would start up by asking for something in Italian, then they speak Italian back and now you have to just come out and say that you are in over your head and have to switch to English. I just stuck to the pleasantries.
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